Example sentences of "[modal v] be seen in the " in BNC.

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1 The talks should be seen in the context of previous meetings in recent years between the ANC and Afrikaner verligtes .
2 Man-made carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels , about 5.6 billion tonnes a year , should be seen in the context of the natural carbon cycle of 200 billion tonnes exchanged every year between the atmosphere , the land and living things and the oceans .
3 That the project may now be delayed by Chinese inquisitiveness should be seen in the context of the fact that the current administration had dithered for 15 years on the project .
4 The form of the interview should be seen in the context of its main objectives .
5 This should be seen in the context of the UK Government 's attempts to salvage the Maastricht Treaty by emphasising the principle of subsidiarity as well as in the context of the UK 's general hostility to regulation of labour and social affairs matters at EC level .
6 Black immigration into Britain in the post-war period should be seen in the context of overall patterns of migration in relation to the United Kingdom .
7 Rather thin trying to explain the capitalist state as an outcome of the actions of individual and collective subjects , Poulantzas argues that it should be seen in the light of a general view of social structures , classes , and their relations .
8 But this scheme should be seen in the context of the longer-term aspirations of some countries for greater economic and monetary union in Europe , and the steps that have been taken to achieve this .
9 The argument should be seen in the context of feminist debates about pornography and its significance .
10 The primary school curriculum was to go beyond the basics of English and mathematics , which in any case should be seen in the wider context of other subjects .
11 But this shift should be seen in the context of the total demands of the elderly on resources which appears not to have risen so fast ; they have so far not been a dependent burden of significant dimensions despite their growing numbers , though as Thomson points out , this could change in coming years .
12 Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) .
13 The claim to competence in carrying out school evaluation made by four fifths of Oxfordshire teachers should be seen in the light of these limited strategies , espoused also by four-fifths of them .
14 It is possible that Riculf 's confession should be seen in the context of the aftermath of the murder , and that its accuracy should be regarded with some suspicion .
15 The book argues that the blitz should be seen in the same light as the Battle of the Atlantic , which aimed to inflict economic damage on Britain , rather than as a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens .
16 When the shift of emphasis from moral to liturgical kingship came , it must be seen in the changing political context of ninth- and tenth-century Europe , and the emergence of new dynasties all over the once-unified empire of Charlemagne ; one of their principal qualifications to rule was their capacity to defeat external enemies .
17 Its two main preoccupations are , first , that reality is ( at least in part ) determined by the perceiver and , second , that individual freedom must be seen in the context of metaphysical necessity .
18 For Caroline Spry , what has happened to the women 's film and video sector must be seen in the context of the dissipation of the broader women 's movement .
19 In order to understand the implications of this legislation it must be seen in the context of overall Tory economic policy on employment .
20 Moreover , the developments in any school must be seen in the context not only of the perspectives on curriculum change of key individuals but also of the personal aims , philosophies and motivations of the people concerned .
21 Functionalist theories of stratification must be seen in the context of functionalist theories of society .
22 What is important to stress is that Nizan 's life and work must be seen in the context of his youth .
23 Organisations are complex social systems , but must be seen in the context of their technology — ie. they are socio-technical systems .
24 The Comintern 's attitude towards Latin America must be seen in the context of its view of how the national liberation movement in ‘ colonial ’ countries should be evaluated in relation to the world socialist revolution .
25 The staging of this conference must be seen in the context of certain foreign-policy imperatives for Castro ( to accommodate himself with the Soviet Union and to re-establish the link between Cuba and the revolutionary process in Latin America ) .
26 The actions of the USSR must be seen in the context of a dramatic change in the international situation , caused by the shooting down on 1 May of a US U2 spy plane flying over the heart of continental Russia .
27 In our view , the impact of out-of-town shopping on the viability and vitality of town centres must be seen in the wider context of the growing imbalance between private and public modes of transport .
28 The limited , but in permissive terms essential , role of government in the supply of what later ages were to know as " social overhead capital " must be seen in the context of the close identification the political nation made of the public interest with that of property owners .
29 They went to the races so that he could study form , so that Lily might be seen in the outfits chosen with such care in London in February .
30 Thus something of the effect of using " the " with postgraduate study might be seen in the following ( still slightly unidiomatic ) example : Of the two phases of study which I want to pursue , I want to undertake the postgraduate study in Britain and the undergraduate study in America .
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